He wrote, "Well spoken Imran Khan. I have been saying whatever you said on all channels past two days regarding India-Pakistan! I hope you succeed in making your "Mulk" have good relations with my "Mulk" .

Well spoken Imran Khan. I have been saying whatever you said on all channels past two days regarding India-Pakistan… https://t.co/sACLc4Rsmu

In his very first speech after the elections, Khan said he would like to have good relations with India and work to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue. Mentioning Kashmir as the core issue of dispute between the two nations, Khan said that it was time the two countries sat across the table and discussed the issues of concern.

"We should sit across and resolve the issues instead of we blaming India for problems in Balochistan and they blame us for problems in Kashmir. I can say that if you (India) will take one step forward, we will take two steps forward. The relationship between the two countries has been one-sided so far and Pakistan has been blamed for all sorts of terrorism in the world. We want friendship with India and want to resolve all issues through dialogue," asserted Khan.

Tweetgate! Donald Trump's Penchant for Blocking People on Twitter

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That’s the Lol Straw

31 Jul, 2017

Christine Teigen
Unlike some, Teigen, it seems, knows what exactly enraged the President enough to block her. It was this tweet — “Lollll. No one likes you.” Teigen’s tweet was in response to Trump’s tweet stating, “It’s very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President.” Sharing a screenshot of the message that she has been blocked by Trump, she tweeted, “After 9 years of hating Donald J Trump, telling him ‘lol no one likes you’ was the straw.” Clearly, she hurt his feelings real bad.
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Gump and Grumpy

31 Jul, 2017

Stephen King
The American author has been tweeting his unfavourable opinions of Trump for quite some time. Even though King didn’t always tag Trump in his tweets, the President seems to have got wind of his criticism, and blocked him. If you’re wondering what made him so mad, here’s a sampler of King’s tweets: “Donald Trump: A remarkable combination of unhinged and dumb as dirt. Time to start talking impeachment.” or “With President Forrest Trump, every day is like a rancid box of chocolates. You never know what kind of s*** you’re going to get next.” Maybe Trump’s not a fan of Tom Hanks.
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Twitter War

31 Jul, 2017

Marina Sirtis
The British-American actress was blocked by Trump within minutes of her last tweet to him, in May this year. “@ realDonaldTrump threatening to go to WAR to deflect from Russiagate!! Willing to let our boys die to save his sorry ***!” Sirtis got a notification that she was blocked by Trump six minutes after this post. Looks like she caught him in a bad mood.
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Block and Makeup

31 Jul, 2017

Bess Kalb
A writer for the show 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', seems to have offended the POTUS by constantly replying to his tweets with unwelcome comments like this one: “Trump is the funniest example of why you should always be nice to the makeup lady.” Now, in Trump’s defence, Kalb should know by now how sensitive the President is about his hair. While this is perhaps one of the most mellow tweets that Kalb had sent, maybe Trump got irked by the huge number of followers she has and thought better to block her than respond.
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Not his Follower

31 Jul, 2017

Andy Signore
The President gets thousands of comments for his tweets. Comedian Andy Signore however went a step ahead, calling him out on many tweets that were factually incorrect, and soon found himself blocked. He recently responded to Trump’s tweet misquoting the Mayor of London. “I am so sick of bully @ realDonaldTrump taking words out of context to act out his agenda of fear and bigotry. #NotMyPresident.” Signore was blocked seven hours later.

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He said though the Indian media had portrayed him as a villain of Bollywood films, he was one person who has several friends in India due to his association with cricket.

"The Indian media has portrayed me as a Bollywood villain. I am one Pakistani who knows so many Indians due to cricket. I want good relations with India and I would like to improve our trade ties with them in order to boost relations," he said.

The final results are yet to be announced by Pakistan's Election Commission, but Khan with 120 seats so far is a clear winner sweeping in five constituencies. He won from NA-131 (Lahore), NA-53 (Islamabad), Karachi (NA-243), Mianwali (NA-95) and Bannu (NA-35) seats respectively.

According to Pakistani media which is citing unofficial results stated that PTI is leading at 120 seats, while PML-N (61 seats) and PPP (40 seats) are closing in at the second and third positions respectively.

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